الْفَصْلُ التَّاسِعُ فِي التَّوَسُّلِ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالِاسْتِغْفَارِ
Chapter Nine: Seeking Intercession through the Prophet ﷺ
Turning to the Prophet ﷺ as an intercessor before Allah. Al-Busiri laments his own spiritual lapses and wasted years, placing his total trust in the universal intercession (Shafa'at) of the Beloved ﷺ on the Day of Judgment, taking shelter beneath his boundless generosity.
Chapter Nine: Seeking Intercession through the Prophet ﷺ
الْفَصْلُ التَّاسِعُ فِي التَّوَسُّلِ بِالنَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَالِاسْتِغْفَارِ
Theme & Spiritual Context • Seeking Intercession & Forgiveness (Tawassul)
Turning to the Prophet ﷺ as an intercessor before Allah. Al-Busiri laments his own spiritual lapses and wasted years, placing his total trust in the universal intercession (Shafa'at) of the Beloved ﷺ on the Day of Judgment, taking shelter beneath his boundless generosity.
مَوْلَايَ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ دَائِمًا أَبَدًا عَلَى حَبِيبِكَ خَيْرِ الْخَلْقِ كُلِّهِمِ
“Mawlāya ṣalli wa sallim dā'iman abadā 'Alā ḥabībika khayril khalqi kullihimi”
O my Master! Send blessings and peace continually and eternally Upon Your Beloved, the best of all creation.
The sacred refrain traditionally chanted between verses across the Muslim world.
خَدَمْتُهُ بِمَدِيحٍ أَسْتَقِيلُ بِهِ ذُنُوبَ عُمْرٍ مَضَى فِي الشِّعْرِ وَالخِدَمِ
Transliteration
Khadamtuhu bi madīḥin astaqīlu bihi Dhunūba ʿumrin maḍā fish shiʿri wal khidami
English Meaning
By this eulogy I have served him, seeking absolution For the sins of a life spent in poetry and patronage.
إِذْ قَلَّدَانِيَ مَا تُخْشَى عَوَاقِبُهُ كَأَنَّنِي بِهِمَا هَدْىٌ مِنَ النَّعَمِ
Transliteration
Idh qalladāniya mā tukhshā ʿawāqibuhu Ka annanī bihimā hadyun minan naʿami
English Meaning
For these two have yoked me, with consequences I fear; as if I were, on their account, a ritual lamb for slaughter.
أَطَعْتُ غَيَّ الصِّبَا فِي الحَالَتَيْنِ وَمَا حَصَلْتُ إِلاَّ عَلَى الآثَامِ وَالنَّدَمِ
Transliteration
Aṭaʿtu ghayyaṣ ṣibā fīl ḥālatayni wa mā Ḥaṣaltu illā ʿalal āthāmi wan nadami
English Meaning
In both I obeyed the reckless folly of youth, And gained nothing except sins and regrets.
فَيَا خَسَارَةَ نَفْسٍ فِي تِجَارَتِهَا لَمْ تَشْتَرِ الدِّينَ بِالدُّنْيَا وَلَمْ تَسُمِ
Transliteration
Fayā khasārata nafsin fī tijāratihā Lam tashtarid dīna bid dunyā wal lam tasumi
English Meaning
Alas, what abject loss for a soul in its transaction! It did not buy the Next World at the price of this – or even try to!
وَمَنْ يَبِعْ آجِلاً مِنْهُ بِعَاجِلِهِ يَبِنْ لَهُ الْغَبْنُ فِي بَيْعٍ وَفِي سَلَمِ
Transliteration
Wa man yabiʿ ājilan minhu bi ʿājilihi Yabin lahul ghabnu fī bayʿin wa fī salami
English Meaning
Anyone who sells the Hereafter for the ephemeral Will be cheated in their present and future transactions.
إِنْ آتِ ذَنْبًا فَمَا عَهْدِي بِمُنْتَقِضٍ مَنَ النَّبِيِّ وَلاَ حَبْلِي بِمُنْصَرِمِ
Transliteration
In āti dhanban famā ʿahdī bimuntaqiḍin Minan nabiyyi wa lā ḥablī bimunṣarimi
English Meaning
I have sinned, yet my pledge to the Prophet is unbroken; Nor has the rope binding me to him been severed.
فَإِنَّ لِي ذِمَّةً مِنْهُ بِتَسْمِيَتيِ مُحَمَّداً وَهْوَ أَوْفَى الخَلْقِ بِالذِّمَمِ
Transliteration
Fa inna lī dhimmatan minhu bi tasmiyatī Muḥammadan wa huwa awfāl khalqi bidh dhimami
English Meaning
For I have a protective covenant with him owing to my name— Muḥammad—and he is the most loyal of mankind to covenants.
إِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي مَعَادِي آخِذًا بِيَدِي فَضْلاً وَإِلاَّ فَقُلْ يَا زَلَّةَ القَدَمِ
Transliteration
In lam yakun fī maʿādī ākhidhan bi yadī Faḍlan wa illā faqul yā zallatal qadami
English Meaning
If, in the Hereafter, he does not take me by the hand From pure grace, what a terrible slip of the foot!
حَاشَاهُ أَنْ يَحْرِمَ الرَّاجِي مَكَارِمَهُ أَوْ يَرْجِعَ الجَارُ مِنْهُ غَيْرَ مُحْتَرَمِ
Transliteration
Ḥāshāhu an yaḥrimar rājī makārimahu Aw yarjiʿal jāru minhu ghayra muḥtarami
English Meaning
Far be it for him to deprive one hopeful of his generous gifts, Or for a neighbour to turn back without being honoured by him!
وَمُنْذُ أَلْزَمْتُ أَفْكَارِي مَدَائِحَهُ وَجَدْتُهُ لِخَلاَصِي خَيْرَ مُلْتَزِمِ
Transliteration
Wa mundhu alzamtu afkārī madāʾiḥahu Wajadtuhu likhalāṣī khayra multazimi
English Meaning
Ever since I have focused my thoughts on his praises, I have found him the one most committed to my salvation.
وَلَنْ يَفُوتَ الغِنَى مِنْهُ يَدًا تَرِبَتْ إِنَّ الحَيَا يُنْبِتَ الأَزْهَارَ فِي الأَكَمِ
Transliteration
Wa lan yafūtal ghinā minhu yadan taribat Innal ḥayā yunbitul azhāra fīl akami
English Meaning
His wealth will not overlook a dusty, needy hand; For showers cause flowers to bloom on hill-tops.
وَلَمْ أُرِدْ زَهْرَةَ الدُّنْيَا الَّتيِ اقْتَطَفَتْ يَدَا زُهَيْرٍ بِمَا أَثْنَى عَلَى هَرِمِ
Transliteration
Wa lam urid zahratad dunyal latiqtaṭafat Yadā zuhayrin bimā athnā ʿalā harimi
English Meaning
I sought not the flowers of this world Which Zuhayr picked for his praise of Harim.